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Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by _h_o_d_ »

twic wrote: post #46
blfr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zal-Tar's? It's Chesterton's fence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence

That's the joke.

can you please help us by explaining the joke (of an updated renamed Chesterton's fence)?

Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by Karrot_Kream »

fapjacks wrote: post #51
carapace wrote: post #38

As an aside, I find it deeply, poetically beautiful that the world has giant crystal caves.

You can buy crystals from this cave on eBay for really cheap. I've got one in my "weird rock" collection.

What string would I search for on eBay?

Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by freeflight »

andai wrote: post #33
skywal_l wrote: post #16

What could go wrong?

Since they thrive on inorganic matter, we might be able to harness some of them to deal with electronic waste :)

Sounds like the solution to the gray goo end-of-the-world scenario: Have the bacteria eat the gray goo. Tho, we'd then probably end up with an uncontrollable green goo problem ;)

Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by cthalupa »

_h_o_d_ wrote: post #52
twic wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the joke.

can you please help us by explaining the joke (of an updated renamed Chesterton's fence)?

It's pretty obviously meant to be a sci-fi riff on Chesterton's fence.

I don't know, this seems pretty obvious to me.

Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by joelbugarini »

carapace wrote: post #38

As an aside, I find it deeply, poetically beautiful that the world has giant crystal caves.

Naica Mine is a beautiful place, wish I could be inside some day. I've read that is not accessible to public in general due to constant water flow that has to be drained and a very high humidity.

Re: Nasa revives 'weird life forms' trapped inside crystals for 60,000 years

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Post by bigiain »

ams6110 wrote: post #36
andai wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They thrive in an environment devoid of organic matter!

I didn't read it as if they were thriving -- more that they were locked dormant within the crystals.

Yep, sounds like "thriving" to me!

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